How to Prevent Reading Difficulties, Grades PreK-3: Proactive Practices for Teaching Young Children to Read (Corwin Literacy)

The science of reading meets the art of teaching readers Do you have the knowledge and instructional ability to effectively teach foundational skills and to support students who show signs of reading difficulties?It is a tall order - and one that challenges many new and veteran teachers.How to Prevent Reading Difficulties, Grades PreK-3 builds on decades of evidence and years of experience to help teachers understand how the brain learns to read and how to apply that understanding to Tier 1 instruction.The book includes: step-by-step descriptions of techniques for effectively teaching phonological awareness, spelling, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehensionspecific Tier 1 activities, routines, and frameworks that build and strengthen word recognition and language comprehensionlinks to video demonstrations and online resourcesclear, practical explanations of the science of reading, including the Eternal Triangle and the Simple View of Reading, to help teachers understand the fundamentals